Wednesday, April 24, 2002

In Gaza, the IDF fatally shoots 3 14-yr.-old Palestinian boys who attempt to sneak into a Jewish settlement, armed with knives, a homemade pipe bomb. The IDF assassinates senior AMB mbr. Yaqub Sarayra in Bani Na`im, also killing a 2d Palestinian; fatally shoots 15-yr.-old Palestinian stone thrower in. Jenin. A mysterious explosion in Jabaliya kills 3 Palestinians. In Bethlehem, an IDF sniper fatally shoots a Palestinian inside the Church of the Nativity as he passes by a window; 2 PSF officers inside the church surrender to IDF custody. (AP 4/24; NYT, WP, WT 4/25)